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Anihan



Definitions

  1. EN: inihan nihan (silver)

Morphological structure

`Anihan` combines: the root **`aniha`** + the suffix **`-n`** (USPEC: Underspecified marker on verbs — commonly appears between stem and object/aspect markers. Glosses to USPEC in Haurholm-Larsen.).

Position Form Label Function Academic source
suffix -n USPEC Underspecified marker on verbs — commonly appears between stem and object/aspect markers. Glosses to USPEC in Haurholm-Larsen. Grammar_of_Garifuna p261; Haurholm-Larsen

Framework: Haurholm-Larsen et al. — *A Grammar of Garifuna*; Stark *Person Marking*; Barchas-Lichtenstein; Munro *Negatives in Garifuna*; documented in 02_paradigms/

Example sentences (4)

  • Garifuna: anihan aban katei
    Source: ELAR / SOAS Endangered Languages Archive, SG0340 — Arumahani / Abaimahani (traditional Garifuna songs). Session: Libaña Maraza – Arumahani at ELA, Libaña Maraza – Arumahani en ELA, Libaña Maraza – Arumahani na ELA. Participant: None.
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  • Garifuna: aye, anihan Aurelio
    Source: ELAR / SOAS Endangered Languages Archive, SG0340 — Arumahani / Abaimahani (traditional Garifuna songs). Session: Libaña Maraza – Arumahani at ELA, Libaña Maraza – Arumahani en ELA, Libaña Maraza – Arumahani na ELA. Participant: None.
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  • Garifuna: Adügati wügüri le aban pündahaü abanihani luáguti urúei.
    English: This man composed a song of satire about the king.
    Spanish: Este hombre compuso una canción de sátira sobre el rey.
    Source: Garifuna Verified Sentences Corpus (community-hand-verified)
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Cross-source corroboration (2 sources)

  • Hererun_Wagüchagu_Dimurei_Agei_Garifuna
    Hererun Wagüchagu Dimurei Agei Garífuna — used with respect for the work; full author permission outreach pending.
  • Lila_Garifuna_Diccionario_Garifuna_Espanol
    Lila Garífuna: Diccionario Garífuna-Garífuna-Español by Salvador Suazo (Litografía López, Tegucigalpa, 2011). Used for non-commercial Garifuna language preservation under verbal permission from the Su
Academic paradigm citations (Haurholm-Larsen framework)
  • Haurholm-Larsen, S. *A Grammar of Garifuna*. Brill (2016).
  • Haurholm-Larsen, S. *Clitics, affixes, and wordhood in Garifuna*.
  • Stark, T. *Person marking in Garifuna* (Stanford).
  • Munro, P. *Negatives in Garifuna*.
  • Barchas-Lichtenstein, J. *Garifuna* (Ph.D. dissertation).
  • Cayetano, E. R. *Towards a Common Garifuna Orthography* (NGC, 1992).

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